Back with an a newish chapter, yes while some of this chapter is what you read last time the rest is all new so enjoy the chapter.
*I don't own Power Rangers, that goes to Hasbro.
Sasha made her way down the sidewalk in the opposite direction of school. She had decided halfway to school that she was going to skip it today. Sasha thought back to three days ago when she accepted and became a Power Ranger only to find out she would be working with the one person she couldn't stand and that was Abigail Benson. It's not that she hated Abby, she just couldn't stand her. However, the reason she decided not to go to school today was because she was still reeling from her argument with Jordan last night. It had gotten so heated that Jordan had told her that she hated her. She's never done that before, and it really hurt Sasha. Suddenly a portal opened up and a group of Kringlars appeared, but they weren't alone, a rhino-like monster was with them.
"Prepare to face the wrath of Gorex," the monster growled.
Sasha looked at Gorex with a raised eyebrow, 'Is this guy for real?' she thought to herself.
"Kringlars…. ATTACK!" Gorex shouted then the group of Kringlars ran at Sasha. She dodged an attack from one of the Kringlars then sent a back kick into one of them knocking it down to the ground. Sasha quickly brought her arm up to block a strike from another Kringlar the same one she proceeded to kick in the chest then she leapt into the air and took the Kringlar down for good with a spin kick. Sasha landed on the ground then raised her wrist into the air to make her morpher appear.
"Trident Force Power Up!" she said.
[Morphing Sequence Begins]
Sasha is suddenly underwater when a Trident appears in front of her. The trident begins to glow then a beam shoots out at her feet. The beam moves upward covering her feet with white boots, a yellow form fitting body suit covers her body and arms while white gloves appear on her hands. The top of the trident comes off and flew onto Sasha's chest as she did a back flip landing on the sea floor. Then a whale appears and as it gets closer to her it turns into a ball of light and finally becomes her helmet.
"YELLOW TRIDENT POWER!" Yells Sasha.
[Morphing Sequence Ends]
"Trident blaster" she said then pulled out her trident blaster and began to fire away at the Kringlars. She blasted two Kringlars then ducked and rolled before taking three more down by hitting them in the chest with the trident blaster. She got to her feet and turned her attention to Gorex. "All right Gorex, time to send you back to where you came from" she said.
"You're not going to defeat alone." Gorex growled before charging at Sasha who was able to move out of the way at the last second. She fired her trident blaster, but they bounced Gorex like they were nothing. "You're going to have to do better than that Power Ranger" he growled before charging at her again and this time he saw her try and dodged it, so he shifted at the last second hitting her sending her flying backwards. Seeing his prey was vulnerable he stomped his way towards her when suddenly Abby came from out of nowhere and hit Gorex with her Trident blaster sending him stumbling backwards. Abby lands then holds her blaster out in front of her in case Gorex decided to attack them.
"I don't have time for two of you just yet" Gorex growled then along with the remaining Kringlars he teleported away.
Abby lowers her blaster down then de-morphed before going over to Sasha and offering her hand out to her fellow ranger, but Sasha slapped the hand away.
"I didn't need your help" Sasha snapped before getting to her feet.
"Says the girl who was lying on her back" Abby replied with a roll of her eyes.
Sasha ignored Abby's remark and started walking away again.
"You know…. The point of being on a team is that we all work as a team" Abby said calling after her making the Yellow Trident Force Ranger stop in her tracks.
"What makes you worthy of wearing red? Why did Feroa pick you to be the Red Ranger? Why not Corey?" Sasha asked getting in Abby's face.
The Red Trident Force Ranger opened her mouth to respond but slowly closed her mouth, as she had no real answer to give. Sasha was about to say something else but stopped when Abby's morpher went off.
"Go ahead Feroa" Abby said keeping her eyes on Sasha the entire time.
"I need you to come to the Cave…. We need to talk," Feroa replied.
Sasha smirked.
"And tell Miss Stover she's to come as well."
The smile on Sasha's face fell then the two teleported to the cave.
(!)
Corey nervously made his way down the hallway at school. His intentions at that very moment were to find the other Rangers and tell them about the note that Kendrick had left him on his apartment door. He was nearing Abby's locker when the door to the boy's bathroom opened, a hand reached out and grabbed him pulling him inside the bathroom. As he was pulled inside, he lost his footing and fell down to the ground. Corey slowly turned around to see Kendrick standing there with an unreadable expression on his face.
"I know you got my message cause you're more scared than you usually are" Kendrick said.
"What do you want?" Corey asked getting back up on his feet.
Kendrick pulled off his backpack then unzipped it. He pulled out a piece of paper before handing it over to Corey who slowly took it from him.
"You're going to write my paper for History Class, you're also keep what you saw yesterday in the woods to yourself" the Football Star said with a smirk.
"And if I refuse?" Corey asked knowing what the answer to his own question would be.
Kendrick pulled out his phone and then shows the screen to Corey.
"Then the school paper gets its biggest scoop yet," Kendrick said smugly.
'I have no choice…. I can't risk my secret getting out' Corey thought to himself. After thinking it over a few more seconds he finally came to a decision.
"What's it on?" Corey asked dejectedly.
Kendrick smirked.
(!)
Abby and Sasha stood in the cave. Feroa was standing in front of them pacing back and forth.
"I have never had to deal with two of the most hardheaded people before…. Nobody on my planet of Pelagia fights more than the two of you, against each other!" Feroa said exasperatedly as she continued to pace.
The two Trident Force Rangers look at each other confused.
"You mean to tell us that no one on your planet argued?" Sasha asked not entirely convinced.
Feroa stopped when she heard the Yellow Ranger's question.
"Of course, we argued but the arguments only lasted a day or less but this strife between the two of you has gone on for days and if you want to have any chance of defeating Zeltu and stopping him from reviving his master then you two must learn to work as a team" Feroa responded.
"And the only ones who can't seem to get along is the two of you" Devi added although he hadn't been looking at them nor did he notice the looks he was receiving from the two Rangers.
"Devi is right, the two of you must learn to get along and work together so I am sending you to meet a friend of mine and he will help you with your situation" Feroa said.
Abby and Sasha open their mouths to protest but before they could say anything they were teleported out of the cave.
(!)
Corey made his way into his fourth period English class, which he shared with Marcus. He walked over and took a seat. A few minutes later Marcus entered just as the bell rang so the Black Trident Force Ranger took the seat to Corey's right. The Blue Ranger turned to say something to Marcus, but their teacher Miss Connors walked into the room. She had a stern look on her face as if she was very unhappy about something. Miss Connors dropped her binder on the desk making some of the students sitting nearby jump slightly.
"When I decided to become a teacher, it was because I wanted to teach and mold the next generation so that they would be ready for the world, so that they could become positive contributing members of society" she said as she walked around her desk then slightly sat against it.
"And when I started here at the beginning of this year, I had placed my faith into all of you before I had even met you guys" she said.
The class began to murmur to each other confused by what their teacher could possibly be talking about. Well, everyone except for Corey, he knew exactly what she was talking about.
"I came to school this morning and found the bottom right drawer which you all know is locked because I keep answer keys and other things in there…. the drawer was unlocked and opened," she said looking around at each student.
The class erupted, some claiming they had nothing to do with it. Others were asking what this means. The chaos ended when Miss Connors put the tips of two fingers into her mouth and whistled loudly getting everyone's attention.
"Now I'm not accusing anyone in this class, but I am telling you all of this because I have a feeling that someone either took the answer key that is missing or at least knows who took the key and if you do, please talk to me after class" she said firmly then walked over to the chalkboard and started writing.
Corey slowly slumped in his seat and Marcus noticed it out the corner of his eye but decided to talk to his friend after class.
(!)
Abby and Sasha looked around at their new surroundings, they had come to an agreement that they were mostly likely not on Earth anymore due to the fact that the entire area they were in was a desert, a green sanded desert.
"Any idea where we are?" Sasha asked as she bent down to look closer at the sand.
"I don't know" Abby replied as she looked around.
"Welcome Rangers" came voice from behind them making them turn quickly, but they found nothing there.
"You heard that too, right?" Abby asked.
"Unfortunately, yes" Sasha replied looking in all directions.
Then suddenly the desert transformed into a jungle. They spun around in circles watching everything change to their disbelief. Abby walked over and touched a nearby tree; she jumped when she realized that it was real. The Red Trident Force Ranger stepped back and looked at their new surroundings.
Tisk…tisk… tisk
The two Rangers looked around but again found nothing.
Tisk… tisk… tisk
They look around again then finally they slowly looked up to see someone, or something, look back down at them from up in the tree next to what the Rangers could tell, the creature looked like a human sized Mandrill.
"Who are you?" Abby asked.
The Mandrill cocked its head to the side then dropped down landing in front of the Rangers.
"No…. The question is 'who' are you?" the Mandrill asked leaning, cocking its head to the side towards her.
"We're the Power Rangers" Sasha said confidently.
The Mandrill turned his head to look at her.
"Are you?" the Mandrill asked then pulled his head back slightly. "Last time I checked Power Rangers have morphers?" the Mandrill said.
Abby and Sasha looked at him confused then looked down only for their eyes widen in shock when they saw that their morphers were gone. They looked up to see that the Mandrill had their morphers in his hand.
"Give us those back" Abby said.
'Whack'
"Ow" Abby snapped as she held her head from being hit by the Mandrill with his stick.
"Ha-ha" Sasha said laughing.
'Whack'
"OW!" Sasha snapped holding her head as well.
The Mandrill shook his head in disappointment at their actions. He had expected more from them since they were the current incarnation of the Power Rangers. He bends down and using his stick sweeps the Rangers' legs out from under them knocking them to the ground.
"It is as I feared" the Mandrill said.
"What are you talking about?" Abby asked annoyed as her and Sasha sat up.
The Mandrill looked at them sadly before responding sternly.
"It is clear that the two of you are not ready for the responsibility of being Power Rangers."
(!)
Corey opened his locker and placed the books inside. He wouldn't need them since he had gym class next period. He closed the locker and jumped when he saw Marcus standing there.
"Whoa, you alright man? You seem jumpier today than normal" Marcus said smirking but concerned for his new friend.
Corey opened his mouth to say something but quickly closed it, he knew that he had to tell Marcus about Kendrick's threat and how he was being blackmailed.
"Dude whatever it is you know we've got your back" Marcus whispered to him leaning in.
Corey let out a deep breath and tilted his head down.
"Yesterday on my way to school I took the path through the woods, and I saw Kendrick and his buddies there…. They had the answer key to Miss Connors test so they could pass" Corey said.
"You have to tell Miss Connors" Marcus exclaimed. Then quickly looked around to make sure no one heard him
"Kendrick knows that I'm a Power Ranger…. He was there in the woods when I was attacked by Kringlars and he had proof on his phone, plus he said he would send the proof to the school paper and the media" Corey responded.
Marcus shook his head in disgust, not at Corey but at Kendrick's actions of blackmailing his friend.
Just then warning bell rung, alerting them to head to their next class.
"I'll see you later man," Corey muttered dejectedly as he walked off leaving Marcus standing there.
He turned back to say one more thing to Marcus but ended up turning right into a fellow student knocking her things to the ground.
"Crap my bad" he said as he crouched down to help her gather her things.
"It… it was no problem" she said barely in a whisper.
The girl took the papers out of his hand and speed walks off leaving him there confused at what had just happened.
'Beep beep'
Marcus looked down at his morpher then quickly checked his surroundings before answering.
"Go head Feroa" he said ducking into a custodial closet.
"Marcus, the monster that Sasha fought earlier as returned and is in city. I'll contact Mister Thompson he will join you shortly," Feroa responded.
"What about Abby and Sasha?" Marcus asked with a raised eyebrow.
"They are currently unavailable at the moment so it's up to you and Corey to handle the monster until they return" Feroa said.
Marcus let out a breath then raised his morpher up in front of him.
"TRIDENT FORCE POWER UP!"
[Morphing Sequence Begins]
Marcus is underwater when a Trident appears in front of him, the trident begins to glow then a beam shoots out at his feet. The beam moves upward covering his feet forming white boots, a black form fitting body suit covers his body and arms while white gloves appear covering his hands. The top of the trident came off and flew onto Marcus' chest as he did a back flip landing on the sea floor. A black octopus appears, and as it gets closer to him it turns into a ball of blinding light before finally becoming his helmet.
"BLACK TRIDENT POWER!"
[Morphing Sequence Ends]
Gorex roared as he brought his hands down upon a car that was in front of him completely destroying it in the process. He turned just in time to see people running away from the area, which made him roar with laughter at the sight. Just then the sound of crying caught his attention. He turned his head to see a little girl standing there holding her teddy bear. He stomped forward towards her when Marcus came flying through the air and kicked Gorex in the chest sending the monster flying backwards.
Marcus landed in front of the crying girl then crouched down in front of her.
"Hey, it's okay, now where did your momma go?" Marcus asked as he looked around. Just as he asked that, a panicked woman came running over, she picked up the little girl, kissed her cheek as they ran off.
Marcus let out a sigh of relief then turned to face Gorex who had gotten back up on his feet into a fighting stance.
"Why do you Rangers have to always ruin all the fun?" Gorex growled in annoyance.
"I believe it's a rule in the 'How to be a Power Ranger' guide that we must ruin your fun" Marcus replied with a smirk behind his mask.
"Rahh... Kringlars Attack!" Gorex shouted in rage.
The Kringlars rushed towards Marcus who met them halfway. He ducked an attack from the first Kringlar and he struck the second one in the mid-section knocking it backwards. He jumped and rolled midair and kicked the first Kringlar in the knee then sent a kick to the side of the Kringlar's head knocking it down to the ground. He rolled out of the way as a Kringlar brought its claw like hand down upon him causing it to strike the ground instead. Marcus quickly got to his feet then saw that only a few Krinlars remained, so he pulled out his chakrams. He spun them around on his fingers then flung them right at the remaining Kringlars. They flew through the air and as they went towards their target, they started spinning faster, forming a black flame tornado. The tornado grew bigger, and as it got bigger it pulled the Kringlars into the eye of the tornado destroying them.
Marcus caught the chakrams just as the Kringlars hit the ground and disappeared. He turned only to get struck by Gorex who had used the destruction of the Kringlars as a distraction to get closer to the Black Trident Force Ranger. Marcus went flying backwards hitting a nearby car then landed on the ground.
"Okay… that hurt" Marcus groaned.
Gorex stormed towards where Marcus was lying on the ground.
"Say goodnight, Ranger" Gorex growled.
"Blue Trident Saber…. Full Power!"
Gorex was struck by a blue energy blast knocking him to the ground.
Corey fully morphed, ran over to where Marcus was then helped his fellow Ranger up to his feet.
"So first a Lobster and now a Rhino?" Corey said.
"Guess so" Marcus replied.
"I wander what's next" Corey replied.
"Well maybe you can ask him" Marcus said sarcastically.
"Sarcasm?" Corey asked.
Marcus turned his head to look at his fellow Ranger.
"Ya think?" Marcus snapped.
The two Rangers turned their attention to see Gorex was getting up and getting ready to charge right at them. The monster nearly hit them, but they had both moved out of the way at the last second making Gorex charge right into the car that had been sitting behind them.
"Let's regroup" Marcus said, and Corey responded with a nod of his head so the two of them teleported back to the cave.
(!)
"What do you mean not ready to be Power Rangers?" Sasha snapped at the Mandrill.
'Whack!'
"OW…. STOPPING HITTING ME!" she snapped at the Mandrill.
The Mandrill went to hit her again but stopped when Abby stepped between the two of them.
"Sasha, you yelling isn't helping us…" she said then turned to look at the Mandrill. "We got off on the wrong foot, my name is…" Abby started to say.
"Abigail Benson and Sasha Stover, yes I know" the Mandrill said cutting her off.
The two Rangers looked at each other in shock, then Abby spoke again.
"And you are?"
"My apologizes, my name is Kaliki" the Mandrill said bowing.
"Okay now that's out of the way, can you please explain why you think we're not ready to be Power Rangers," she asked.
Kaliki shook his head.
"Since the very first Power Ranger team was formed, they have all worked together as one cohesive unit… even if they couldn't stand each other. They learned to work together, to fight side by side, no matter what. They were above all else, there for each other" Kaliki replied calmly.
"I don't see the problem." Sasha stated as she crossed her arms against her chest.
"Let him explain Sasha" Abby snapped at her fellow teammate.
"Thank you Abigail. You see Zeltu is not like the other enemies that the past Rangers have faced" Kaliki said as he paced back and forth.
"What about his so-called master that he's trying to revive? What can you tell us about him?" Abby asked.
"I'm sorry there is not much known about his master" Kaliki replied dejectedly.
"Okay, so we stop Zeltu and make sure he doesn't bring his master back, so how do we get out of here?" Sasha asked clearly annoyed.
Abby spins to yell at Sasha only to be cut off by Kaliki.
"The only way back to Earth is to learn to work together. So, you must make your way through the jungle to my location" he said then leapt up onto the branch that they had first seen him.
"If you arrive there, I will return your morphers and you'll be able to return home" he said then before the two Trident Force Rangers could say anything he disappeared.
"Wait how are we supposed to know where to go? And what do you mean 'if''?" Abby yelled into the sky hoping that Kaliki was still nearby.
"You really think he's still around to answer? You must be…." Sasha started to say when suddenly a map appeared in front of Abby.
The Red Trident Force Ranger smirked at Sasha before taking the map and walking off.
"Lucky shot" Sasha muttered as she followed behind her.
(!)
Corey and Marcus stood in the cave. They were watching as Gorex along with a group of Kringlars were attacking the city.
"Okay so Abby and Sasha are where exactly?" Corey asked.
"I grew tired of their bickering so I sent them to see a friend who I believe will teach them about working together" Feroa responded.
"And the only way they're coming back is if they learn to work together?" Marcus asked.
Feroa replied with a short nod of her head.
"We're doomed" both boys responded in unison rolling their eyes, throwing their arms up into the air and letting them fall hard against the sides of their legs.
The two then turned their attention back to the waterfall, which showed Gorex attacking the city even more enthusiastically now that they were no longer out there defending it from him or the Kringlars.
"Gorex isn't just going to give up and we can't wait for the girls to work out their issues" Corey stated.
Marcus nodded his head in agreement.
"Ready?" he asked Corey who replied.
"Let's do this."
"Trident Force Power Up!" they shouted in unison.
[Morphing Sequence Begins]
Corey is suddenly underwater when a Trident appears in front of him. The trident begins to glow then a beam shoots out at his feet. The beam moves upward covering his feet with white boots, a blue form fitting body suit covers his body and arms while white gloves appear on his hands. The top of the trident comes off and flew onto Corey's chest as he did a back flip landing on the sea floor. Then a dolphin appears and as it gets closer to him it turns into a ball of light and finally becomes his helmet.
Marcus is underwater when a Trident appears in front of him, the trident begins to glow then a beam shoots out at his feet. The beam moves upward covering his feet forming white boots, a black form fitting body suit covers his body and arms while white gloves appear covering his hands. The top of the trident came off and flew onto Marcus' chest as he did a back flip landing on the sea floor. A black octopus appears, and as it gets closer to him it turns into a ball of blinding light before finally becoming his helmet.
"Trident Power!"
[Morphing Sequence Ends]
Scared civilians ran in terror as they were being chased by Kringlars. Marcus launched himself through the air and tackled a Kringlar just before it was able to harm a woman. The Black Trident Force Ranger was quick to get back up to his feet and as he did, he pulled out his ebony chakrams then cut down the nearest Kringlar. He crouched down and flung his ebony chakrams and cut down the rest of the Kringlars around him
"Guess I should catch up with…." He started to say only to stop when more Kringlars appeared around him. "Never mind" he said as he started spinning the chakrams around and got into a fighting stance.
Corey, with his Trident Saber, rushed towards a group of Kringlars. He evaded the first Kringlar's attack with grace then spun and cut it down with his saber. Corey sidesteps another Kringlar who was rushing him. He quickly cut the Kringlar down from behind before turning his attention to the rest of the Kringlars that surrounded him. The Blue Trident Force Ranger glanced around at his surroundings. He counted only five Kringlars remaining, which he thought should be no problem.
Despite only being a Power Ranger for a short while now, Corey felt like he has grown more confident. However, the confidence he was feeling was only when he was hiding behind the helmet on his head. But when it came to dealing with bullies like Kendrick, all the confidence he felt just disappears.
A Kringlar rushes at Corey but he spins around the monster.
"Blue Trident Saber…. Full Power!"
Corey swings the glowing blue blade then slashes it across which sends out an energy slash that quickly destroys the remaining Kringlars. When Corey makes sure all the Kringlars are destroyed he turns around only to be blasted backwards making him hit the ground hard enough to make him de-morph. Corey looks up to see Gorex standing only a few feet away from him.
"Stay down ranger or things will only get much worse for you" Gorex growled.
Corey laid on the ground still in pain from the attack from Gorex, 'Come on Thompson, get up and stop this thing from hurting anyone else' Corey thought to himself as he started to slowly get back up to his feet.
"Once I deal with this weak ranger then Master Zeltu will be very grateful to me," Gorex said with glee.
'He's right… I am weak, I can't stand up to this monster and I can't stand up to Kendrick who is blackmailing me' Corey thought to himself as he lowered his head down to the ground.
Marcus who was seeing this panicked.
"Don't listen to that overgrown Rhino, you can do this man… you're one of the bravest people I know" Marcus shouted trying to inspire his friend.
Images of his encounter with Kendrick flashed through his mind.
"Goodbye Blue Ranger" Gorex growled then rushed towards Corey.
"NO!" Marcus shouted as he tried to fight the Kringlars back.
(!)
Abby and Sasha ran through the jungle, both rangers keeping up with the other hoping to reach their destination. They were even making good time that was until Sasha's foot got caught on a branch that was sticking out of the ground. Sasha let out a small scream as she hit the ground. Abby who was ahead stopped and made her way over to where Sasha was lying on the ground holding her ankle in pain.
"Sasha are you okay?" Abby asked concerned for her teammate.
"I'm fine" Sasha growled then started to get to her feet only to fall down to her knees.
Abby rolled her eyes then grabbed Sasha by the arm and slowly helped the Yellow Trident Force Ranger to her feet. She then placed Sasha's arm over her shoulders.
"The only way we're going to get home is if we work together," Abby said. Then the two slowly continued onwards.
Despite the minor setback with Sasha getting hurt, they were able to make to the exit of the jungle. But what they saw waiting for them made them both groan out loud in annoyance.
"You gotta be kidding me" Sasha whined.
Standing before them was a desert.
Sasha and Abby stared at the barren wasteland that was before them. Both Rangers groaned with exhaustion and frustration. They turned back around and made their way back into the jungle. When they found a fallen tree Sasha sat down while Abby crouched down in front of her.
"What are you doing? Sasha asked as Abby reached out for her shoe.
"Checking your ankle" Abby replied, but before she could do anything the Yellow Ranger pulled her foot away.
"Why do you have to be so hardheaded whenever someone tries to help you?" Abby asked annoyed as she stood up.
Sasha looked away and didn't respond. She knew that Abby was right.
'Of course, you had to be right Benson' Sasha thought to herself. A few seconds of silence fell between the two Rangers. Sasha still not looking at Abby, held out her foot again so Abby could check her ankle.
The Red Trident Force Ranger crouched down again. She slowly pulled off Sasha's shoe and sock. The first thing Abby noticed was that a bruise was forming around the ankle, but it shouldn't hold them back too much, but they'd have to travel through the desert so that would prove to be extremely difficult with Sasha only being able to walk on one foot. She felt Sasha tap her shoulder, but she ignored it at first. Stover continued tapping it repeatedly annoying her.
"What Stover?" Abby snapped.
Sasha didn't speak but she was pointing at something behind her so Abby slowly turned her head and her eyes widened in shock when she saw that the desert had disappeared and only more of the jungle laid before them.
"I hate it here" Abby muttered as she put Sasha's sock and shoe back on before helping her fellow ranger up to her feet. "Ready to get out of here?" Abby asked.
"Faster we get out of here, the faster we don't have to talk to each other" Sasha replied stubbornly as she limped through the grass.
Abby rolled her eyes then the two started making their way further into the jungle.
"What's your deal with me?" Abby asked as they were walking.
"What are you talking about?" Sasha responded acting as if she had no idea what the red Trident Force Ranger was talking about.
"Don't play dumb with me Stover, every chance you get to say something negative or get a chance to insult me you take it so what's your deal?" Abby said clearly not in the mood to play games.
Sasha let out a deep breath and stopped walking.
"I guess maybe it's… it's because I'm jealous of you" Sasha said looking quickly at Abby and then at the ground.
Abby looked at her teammate confused.
"Jealous of me? Why?" she asked.
"Probably because you have a great family, you get to see your parents all the time and your always right, and …" Sasha gushed only to stop when Abby started laughing. "What's so funny Benson?" she asked getting annoyed.
"You don't know anything about me Stover. For one, I don't have parents. I'm homeless." Abby said.
"But you don't look home…" Sasha started.
"What? Homeless?" Abby asked cutting her off. "What does homeless even look like? Dirty, holes in my clothes and begging for food and money?" Abby asked clearly getting aggravated. "And what made you think I had parents or a family for that matter? I mean have you ever seen me with an adult outside of school?" Abby asked.
Sasha opened her mouth to say something but closed it when she realized that she had nothing to say. It was something she hadn't expected to find out about Abby. She had been so focused on her own issues that she had forgotten that she wasn't the only one with problems. 'Nice going Stover' she thought to herself as they walked through the jungle towards what they hoped would finally be the exit. After a few more minutes they stopped when they saw something shining before them. Smiles and looks of relief came over them. The exit of the jungle. 'Finally… we're going to get out of here and nothing can stop us' Sasha thought to herself.
'Finally…' Abby thought, then something at her feet caught her attention. She looked down and a look of horror came over her face when she saw what they were about to step into so without any warning to Sasha, Abby pushed her sideways as she was about to walk right into the trap.
"What is your prob…" Sasha started to say only to stop when she saw the predicament that Abby was now in.
'Quicksand… she pushed me out of the way to save me' Sasha thought to herself as she saw the red Trident Force Ranger slowly sinking in the quicksand. She had to think quickly if she was going to save Abby but as she looked around, she saw nothing that would be of any use.
"Abby whatever you do don't panic" Sasha said as she started inching closer to the quicksand pit.
She looked again and her eyes fell upon a stick, so she reached over to grab it but jumped when the branch moved revealing itself to be a snake. She shuddered then turned her attention back to Abby who was sinking lower into the quicksand. Sasha continued looking around but like before, she saw nothing and was about to give up when suddenly Kaliki appeared standing next to her.
"Help her!" Sasha exclaimed.
"I cannot," he said without looking at her.
"Why not?" she demanded.
"Because then you would learn nothing" he responded.
Sasha looked at him flabbergasted then turned her attention back towards Abby who was trying to keep calm despite her current situation. 'Come on Stover think… think' she thought to herself.
"Sasha…"
Sasha looked at Abby who was now up to her neck in sand.
"Don't worry about me, you need to get back and help the boys protect Earth" Abby said.
"Don't worry about you? Are you out of your mind?" Sasha said with alarm.
"Maybe you're right, maybe I don't deserve to be the Red Ranger" Abby said.
"No offense Benson but I highly doubt this is the time to talk about you being worthy to the Red Ranger or not" Sasha said as she looked around at their surroundings. "Besides I was the one who was wrong," she added turning back to look at her teammate. "I mean to be honest Feroa hasn't been honest with us about why she picked us in the first place, and I know that I'm not going to find out by myself so I'm going to get you out of there cause the team is going to save the world with you leading us" she said.
Kaliki who had apparently closed his eyes and started meditation during their conversation opened his eyes and held out his staff. He pointed it at the quicksand then to both Rangers' surprise Abby started emerging from the quicksand. When she out far enough Sasha reached out with her hands and grabbed Abby's then pulled her out rest of the way. The two Rangers sat there in silence as they reeled in everything that had just happened.
"Wait I thought you weren't going to help?" Sasha asked the Mandrill with confusion.
"I said cannot help, didn't say I wouldn't help" the Mandrill said before standing up.
The two Rangers got to their feet respectively. Kaliki waved his hand and a portal appeared in front of them.
"I seems the two of you have found a common peace at the moment, but I advise unless you wish to return you continue to work on your differences" he said then turned and started walking away from them.
The two rangers saw a glow on their wrists, so they looked down to see that their morphers had been returned to them.
"Rangers can you hear me?" came Feroa's voice.
"We hear you" Abby replied.
"Good, you must return now your friends are in trouble" Feroa responded.
The two rangers looked at each other then stepped through the portal.
(!)
"Goodbye Blue Ranger" Gorex growled then rushed towards Corey.
"NO!" Marcus shouted as he tried to fight the Kringlars back.
Suddenly a portal opened up above Corey. Abby and Sasha leapt out fully morphed. They kicked Gorex in the chest sending the monster stumbling backwards before they landed on the ground in front of Corey. The two Rangers wasted no time as they ran towards Gorex. Sasha pulled out her nunchucks and struck Gorex multiple times before finishing her attack off with a roundhouse kick to the side of Gorex's face making the monster falter back away from her. Abby ran then leapt into the air, using her foot to push off Sasha's shoulder and struck Gorex with her trident shield right in the monster's face.
Marcus who had finally freed himself from the hoard of Kringlars ran over to where Corey was lying on the ground.
"Come on man, you have to get up" Marcus said as he reached down to help the Blue Trident Ranger to his feet but to his shock Corey made no attempt to get up.
"What's the point? Gorex is right… I'm weak and don't deserve to be a Power Ranger, how can I stand up to a monster like Gorex if I can't even stand up to Kendrick" Corey said dejectedly.
Marcus finally was able to get Corey to his feet, but the Blue Ranger pulled his arm away from his teammate then handed him his Trident Saber. Marcus' surprise Corey turned and started walking away from the battle. He wanted to say something to stop Corey but before he could say anything Abby along with Sasha came landing next to his feet, so he quickly helped them to their feet.
"Where's Corey going?" Sasha asked confused.
"I'll tell you after we deal with Gorex" Marcus responded before turning his attention back to the Rhino monster.
"We better hope that we can beat him without having to call the Zords" Abby said before the three rangers their weapons into the air.
Abby's shield attached itself to the base of Corey's power saber to be used as the holder. The Yellow Ranger's weapons were revealed to be nunchucks went into a formation of an L then attached themselves to the sides of the Power Saber. Marcus' chakrams attached themselves to the top of the nunchuckes. The combination of the weapons forms a trident that Abby caught the newly made weapon and the other three Rangers took spots behind her.
"Power Trident… Full power!" she shouted, then proceeded to mark an X in the air followed by bringing the Trident up through the X and across forming a star, which then shot at Gorex hitting the monster and to the Ranger's relief destroyed him completely. Abby turned to face Marcus, "Now tell me what's happening to Corey," she said.
(!)
As Abby walked through the park, she couldn't believe what Marcus had told her and Sasha. He had told them about Kendrick knowing about Corey being a Power Ranger and threatening to tell the whole school if he didn't do Kendrick's bidding.
Then there was Corey walking away from the fight against Gorex and that wasn't the only shock that came to them tonight.
Flashback
"Corey, we need to talk!" Abby shouted as her, Sasha and Marcus entered the cave after defeating Gorex.
The three Rangers came to a stop when they saw Feroa and Devi standing in the middle of the room. Abby was the first to notice that their mentor was holding something in her hand, so she walked over and stopped short when she realized what Feroa was holding in her hand.
"Mister Thompson showed up during your fight against Gorex and handed me his morpher" Feroa said sullenly.
"We're not replacing him" Marcus said stepping forward, he took the morpher from Feroa's hand. "I mean that's not even an option, right?" he asked looking at them.
"That's not even an option! Corey was the first one to help me when I was attacked by Kringlars" Abby said stepping forward taking a stand next to Marcus. The two Ranger then turned their attention to the Yellow Trident Ranger.
"I don't know Thompson that well… except for the fact he's really smart but I don't think he should be replaced either" Sasha said stepping forward as well.
End Flashback
Abby stopped when she saw something rolling towards her, she leaned down and picked up the ball.
"Hey Benson, over here" came a familiar voice.
Abby looked up and anger flashed upon her face when she saw Kendrick standing a few feet away from her. Without hesitation she picked up the ball and threw it as hard as she could right at the star quarterback hitting him directly in the stomach making him double over. She walks over to him as he is regaining his composure.
"What the heck is your problem Benson?" he growled at her.
She doesn't respond as she shoves him hard backwards making him stumble back into the pole on the basketball court.
"My problem? I'm not the one blackmailing my fellow student to make myself feel powerful" she said before bringing her forearm into his throat. "I know that you're blackmailing Corey and I know you know his secret, so I don't have to hide the fact that he almost died today because you" she said with intense venom.
Kendrick's eyes widen in shock.
"What?" he stammered.
She pressed her forearm harder against his throat.
"He gave up and almost allowed the monster to destroy him because he felt he was too weak and worthless because of you" she said then pulled away allowing him to fall to the ground. "Let that live on your conscious that someone almost lost their life because of you!" she yelled then turned and stormed off leaving Kendrick sitting there still in shock from what she had told him.
Abby didn't care if she had revealed that she was also a Power Ranger. What she cared about was Corey's safety and that jockhead had almost made Corey lose his life, even if it was unintentionally done.
Beep! Beep!
Abby looked around then lifted her morpher up.
"Yeah?" she asked.
"Do you need a place to stay tonight?"
Abby recognized the voice as it belongs to her Yellow Trident Force teammate. She was about to decline but realized that maybe they could use this time to talk and not be hostel towards one another.
"Yeah…" she replied then waited for answer.
"Meet me outside of school" Sasha replied.
Abby took off running towards the school.
(!)
"I'M HOME!" Kendrick shouted as he opened the door, he closed just as his mother came out from the kitchen.
"Hi sweetheart, how was school?" she asked him.
"Am I…. You know what, I don't want to talk about it" he says then storms past her going straight upstairs.
His mother stood there still as a statue and didn't even flinch when he slammed the door shut. She turned and made her way down the hall only to stop when she came to the mirror at the end of the hall. She waited a few moments then suddenly she changed into the cat monster that had been stolen from Anton Mercer. She was known as CopyKat.
"Master Zeltu we may have a problem" CopyKat said.
Zeltu's face appeared in the mirror with a scowl upon his face.
"Thissss better be good feline" Zeltu growls.
"It's the boy…. I don't not think he is ready for the task coming up" CopyKat responds.
"It does not matter he will be a part of the mission with or without being ready" Zeltu growls. "For your sake you better hope that he's ready or it will be your feline tail I rip off" he growled again as the mirror returns to normal.
"As you wish my master" CopyKat murmurs to herself.
Bet you didn't see that stuff coming did ya? I hope you enjoyed the chapter and I can't wait to read the reviews.